BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!

Subject: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 11:54 AM

September 3, 1752: This day never happened. Nor did the next ten as England adopted the Gregorian Calendar. People rioted because the government stole 11 days of their lives, but they were never returned!
This heartless act affected America and Canada as well.

GIVE US BACK OUR ELEVEN DAYS (WITH INTEREST)!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: artbrooks
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 12:10 PM

I believe that anyone whose lives were shortened by 11 days should be given that credit today.

!!!B*R*A*I*N*S!!!*

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 12:11 PM

Wow. What happened during those days? Were babies born? Did people die? Were they in a limbo that echoes today? What a shame. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: olddude
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 12:26 PM

Well my old Hamilton RR watch still knows about them yup

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Amos
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 12:54 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 01:03 PM

I am gobsmacked! Retroactive compensation with interest to all descendants or I will get Bobert and his drum to march in protest.

Now that would break the world's banks!

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Don Firth
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 01:50 PM

Well, lemme see, now......

According to the Mayan calendar, combined with the prognostications of Nostradamus and some interpretations of the Book of Revelation, the world is supposed to end on December 21, 2012 (that's THIS YEAR!).

Since the Mayan calendar covers some 5,000+ years, I wonder if the 1752 hanky-panky throws this date off?

Hmm......

Life is a puzzle. Hard to plan ahead sometimes.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: gnu
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 02:01 PM

The best plan is many plans.

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 02:15 PM

With the "Calendar Magic" program, you can recover those lost days.

"Conversion of British sovereign regnal dates to historical Julian (years beginning on Jan. 1) or Gregorian dates, as appropriate."

"Special Julian to Gregorian change-over calendars for Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden.

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 03:08 PM

See how your government wastes time? Time is money! I want statements, concrete and precise statements, from both Romney and Obama on how they plan to deal with this!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 05:56 PM

It may be mythical, but it has been claimed that the Dutch made the calendar adjustment in December, so there was NO CHRISTMAS that year.

I do recall that I didn't get any presents then.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 06:46 PM

Ya know, this subject really should have been brought up thirty years ago, when the prime interest rate was around 12%. Compound interest on 11 days for 230 years @ 12%... You figure it out. Gotta be a couple of centuries. At today's interest rates we'd be lucky to get two weeks, and the bank would probably keep the extra three days as transaction fees.

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 10:23 PM

I say we INSIST upon statements from ALL political candidates on this scandal!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Bobert
Date: 03 Sep 12 - 10:32 PM

Does this mean I can take the next 10 days off??? 'Er what???

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 04 Sep 12 - 06:06 AM

I blame Obama...:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Sep 12 - 10:05 AM

I think it's all the fault of Chester A. Arthur.

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 04 Sep 12 - 10:19 AM

Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there;
I met him there again today,
I really wish he'd go away.

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 04 Sep 12 - 10:25 AM

And we think we got problems:

"Years appear in writing as Roman numerals (usually), with epoch 22 September 1792, the beginning of the 'Republican Era' (the day the French First Republic was proclaimed, one day after the Convention abolished the monarchy). As a result, Roman Numeral I indicates the first year of the republic, that is, the year before the calendar actually came into use. The first day of each year was that of the Southward equinox.
There were twelve months, each divided into three ten-day weeks called décades. The tenth day, décadi, replaced Sunday as the day of rest and festivity. The five or six extra days needed to approximate the solar or tropical year were placed after the months at the end of each year."

Right. Pass it over here, will ya? I'm on the case, and if I get it figured out I'll post back.

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 04 Sep 12 - 10:46 AM

The fact that England adopted the Gregorian calendar later than Spain explains how Cervantes & Shakespeare could both die on 23 April 1616 but have deaths separated by 10 days.

Subject: RE: BS: Time LITERALLY Lost: Government's Fault!
From: DMcG
Date: 04 Sep 12 - 12:02 PM

September 3, 1752: This day never happened. Nor did the next ten as England adopted the Gregorian Calendar. People rioted because the government stole 11 days of their lives, but they were never returned!

To be slighlty serious: I have read that it is unlikely people rioted because they thought the government had taken eleven days of their lives. In the book concerned, the argument was made that there was an attempt intially to tax people based on the year, but as the year was eleven days shorter they were being overtaxed by some 3% and that's what the rioting was about. It is also the origin of the odd date that starts the UK tax year.

Now, whether the book was right, I can't be sure, but I always err towards the assumption that people in the past were no stupider than we are.

Back to the humour!